Cuff-holder.



Patented June 5. I900.

No. 65l,239.

L. CUMMINS.

CUFF HOLDER.

(Application filed Mar. 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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LOGAN CUMMINS, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

CUFFI-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,239, dated J un 5, 1900. Application filed March 6, 1900. Serial No. 7,499. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOGAN Contains, a citizen of the UnitedStates and a resident of new andimproved cuff-holder arranged for convenient attachment to a coat-sleeve at any desired point of its length to permit of bringing the cuff into the desired position relatively to the sleeve, the construction of the cuff-holder permitting easy attachment to or detachment of the holder from the cuff and at the same time allowing the desired transverse movement of the culf relatively to the sleeve.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimprovement as applied and with the sleeve in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the improvement.

The improved cuff-holder consists, essentially, of a clasp A, adapted to engage the in ner edge of a cuff B, the clasp being mounted to turn at one end of a link 0, having its other end connected with the frame D of an attaching device D, adapted to be secured to the inside of the sleeve E, as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 1. The clasp A is preferably made of a single piece of spring metal to engage the cufi at opposite sides, the clasp appearing in the shape of a hook, between the members of which is forced the cuff material so as to secure the clasp by frictional contact to the cuff. The end 0 of the link 0 receives the shank A of the spring-clasp A to form a swivel-joint, so that said end 0 is free to turn on the shank A for the purpose hereinafter more fully described.

The attaching device D is preferably provided with a spring having diverging springarms D and a coil D at the middle and se cured by a pivot 0r rivet D inside of the casing or frame D, as isplainly shown in Fig. 2. Prongs D extend outward at an angle to the side arms D the said prongs being adapted to engage the sleeve E in a lateral direction, so as to securely fasten the attach ing device to the sleeve. The prongsD extend a suitable distance inward from the outer ends D of the side arms, so that the outer ends form finger-pieces adapted to be taken hold of by the fingers of the operator to press the members or side arms D toward each other for attaching the device to or detaching itfrom the sleeve E.

In using the device the clasp A is attached to the inner edge of the cuff B, the entire cuff-holder extending lengthwise of the end, on the outside thereof, so that when the cuff is placed in position on the wrist and the operator takes hold of the ends D and presses the same toward each other then the cuff can be moved inward in the sleeve until it reaches the desired position, when the operator releases the ends D, so that the prongs D engage the lining or material of the sleeve E, and thereby securely connect the cuff-holder with the sleeve upon releasing the ends D.

In order to remove the cuff and the device, the operator presses the ends D toward each other to disengage .the prongs from the material of the sleeve, and by then pulling outward on thecuff-holder the cuff is pulled outward, and removal of the cud from the wrist is thus accomplished.

On the frame D are also secured limitingstops D for limiting the outward movement of the spring-arms D as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 2. The end 0 of the link 0 has a swivel connection with the frame D, and said end 0 is set off by a bend or offset 0 from the end 0 having the swivel-joint with the clasp A, as is plainly illustrated in Fig. 2, so that when the device is applied as above described the link is free to turn at its ends in the clasp A and the attaching device D, and consequently will readily adjust itself to the distance between the outer face of the cuff and the inside of the sleeve, and at the same time the link allows transverse movement of the cuff in the sleeve.

It is expressly understood that the distance the cuff extends in the sleeve is regulated by the wearer fastening the attaching device D to the sleeve nearer to or farther from the outer edge of the said sleeve; but lengthwise movement of the cuff in the sleeve is prevented by the cufi-holder as soon as the latter is secured by the attaching device D to the sleeve.

In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 3 the clasp A and the link 0 are made the same as above described in reference to Fig. 1; but the attaching device D consists of a single piece of spring metal bent into U or V shape, the outer ends of the side arms being formed with prongs D for engaging the material of the sleeve E, the same as the prongs D of the attaching device D, above described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cuff-holder, comprising a clasp for engagement with the inner edge of a cuff, an attaching device having spring-arms provided with prongs for engagement with a sleeve, the extreme outer ends of the arms serving as finger-pieces by which the arms are manipulated in attaching and detaching the device, and a link connection between the said clasp and the said attaching device, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cu tf-holder, comprising a spring-clasp for engagement with the inner edge of a cuff, an attaching device having diverging springarms provided with outwardly extending prongs for engagement with a sleeve, the spring-arms being adapted to be compressed to attach or detach the device, and a link for connecting said spring attaching device with said clasp, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cult-holder, comprising a spring-clasp for engagement with the inner edge of a cult, an attaching device having diverging springarms provided with outwardlyprojecting prongs for engagement with a sleeve, and a link for connecting said spring attaching device with said clasp, said clasp and-said attaching device being mounted to turn on the ends of the link, substantially as shown and described.

4. A cuif-holder, provided with an attaching device for securing the holder to a sleeve, said attaching device having a casing, and a spring with divergent arms, secured at its middle to said casing, the spring-arms having outwardly-extending prongs, substantially as shown and described.

5. A cuff-holder, provided with an attaching device for securing the holder to a sleeve, said attaching device having a casing, and a spring with divergent arms, secured at its middle to said casing, the spring-arms having outwardly extending prongs, the extreme outer ends of the arms forming finger-pieces to be taken hold of by the operator, for compressing and releasing the spring-arms when attaching or detaching the device to or from the sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

6. A cuff-holder, provided with an attachin g device for securing the holder to a sleeve, said attaching device havinga casing, aspring with divergent arms, secured at its middle to said casing,the spring arms having outwardlyextending prongs, and limiting stops on the frame to limit the outward movement of the spring-arms,substantially as shown and described.

7. A cud-holder, comprising a spring-clasp for engagement with the inner edge'of a cufl, a spring attaching device having prongs for engagement with a sleeve, and a link for connectin g said spring attaching device with said clasp, said clasp and said device being mounted to turn on the ends of the link, and said link having an offset at or near the middle, to bring the axes of the ends parallel to each other, substantially as shown and described.

8. A cuff-holder, comprising a clasp for engagement with the inner edge of a cult, an attachin gdevice for engagement with a sleeve, and a link with an oifset and having a swivel connection with the said clasp and the said attaching device, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

" LOGAN CUMMINS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. METCALF, BESSIE 00X. 

